What I've been up to...

This past summer went by entirely too fast for me. (I'm already back at work. Boo.) But here are a couple of blogworthy events that transpired:


The Price Is Right

Those of you who follow me on Twitter already know that Billy and I went to a "Price Is Right" taping a couple of weeks ago with a group of our friends. It was pretty much the most exhausting, exciting, and fun experience EVER. Unfortunately, Billy and I didn't get called on to be a contestant, but someone in our group did. And that someone ended up winning a new car and the showcase showdown, for a grand total of $37,000 in prizes. I can't really divulge any details, but we all got to rush on stage at the very end and meet Drew Carey. Billy accidentally called him "Bob" when they shook hands.

We are totally going back with a big group again in a few months. I'm planning on going to tapings until one of us gets picked! I could really use a new car and a nice trip someplace. Or a living room full of crap. I'm not picky.

Here we are at CBS studios, before the taping. Yes, that is my husband in his ridiculous wig. He really tried to play the funny guy during his interview with the producer. I guess it didn't work... Note: Next time - no wig.

Waiting to get interviewed. It's such a long process, but when you go with great people, it's totally worth it.

Here's one of the videos I took that morning, as we were waiting in line outside the studio, among the hundreds of people.

Our 1 Year Anniversary

On August 9th, Billy and I celebrated our first wedding anniversary. That day also happens to be our actual anniversary as a couple, which is 5 years now. We had an amazing weekend of eating good food and relaxing in Palm Springs.

I had been really nervous about the whole gift giving thing. Since your first anniversary gift is traditionally supposed to be made of paper, I was very limited as to what I could do. By the way, I am in no way a creative person when giving gifts. I actually hate the whole process because I can never think of anything good enough, and then I just feel bad when I get something awesome, and give something totally uninspired like a book of Love Coupons or something. But I digress.

I ended up making a card for Billy, and writing to him inside. It was inexpensive and nothing big, but at least it was from the heart and made of paper. I was pretty proud of myself until Billy gave me his gift. He made me a custom Monopoly game, based on our relationship. I was so impressed and happy with it. Seriously, who thinks of this stuff? My husband, apparently. So now he's one up on me in the gift giving department. Not that it's a competition or anything...

My gift

His gift

It's so cute, every property is a place that we've been to, like vacation spots and fancy restaurants. Instead of "Go To Jail" it's "Go To Therapy". And instead of Boardwalk and Park Place, it's our wedding location and our wedding date. I know this is probably sickeningly cheesy, but I seriously loved it.

Funny thing though. The other day my friend asked us, "So, did you guys eat your wedding cake that night?" Um, no. We totally forgot. It's still sitting in our freezer. To be honest, I really have no intentions of eating that thing. I never actually packaged it the way it's supposed to be stored. It's not in Tupperware or wrapped in Saran wrap or anything. It's just in the cardboard cake box. It probably has nasty ice covering it, but I'm too scared to look to find out. I do not want to eat it, and I'm wondering if my subconscious purposely forgot to remember that we're supposed to do that, out of sheer fear.

I hope everyone else out there has a had a great summer so far. I apologize for my deplorable blogging habits, such as not posting or responding to comments (but I truly appreciate all of them). I'm still trying to dig myself out of the blogging funk I've been in. Is it just me, or does the whole blog world just seem to be hitting wall lately? Hopefully it takes a turn for the better soon.